Bishop Museum Teacher & Student STEAM Internships
Are you curious about the native plants and animals of Hawaiʻi? Have you ever wanted to go behind the scenes into museum research collections? Would you like to learn about science and culture through hands-on work with specimens, artifacts, field notes, and more?
Apply Today!
8/15/22: Applications are now closed.
Internship Timeline
Preliminary interviews will begin as applications are received.
- May 16, 2022 – Online application submission deadline
- May 17, 2022-May 22, 2022 – Panel interviews
- May 23, 2022 – Selected interns notified
- June 27, 2022 – First day of internship
- July 22, 2022 – Final day of internship
This internship is a full-time (32-40 hours/week) summer position for four weeks during June and July 2022. Student interns will be given a stipend at the completion of the internship. Internship schedule and format are subject to change. Program will run in accordance with any and all applicable health and safety mandates from City and State officials.
Three-lined Nudibranch
Flabellina trilineata
© Susan Middleton
Program Description
Mahalo for your interest in Bishop Museum’s STEAM Student and Teacher Internships. This program is now complete and we are no longer accepting new applicants for future cohorts.
We are grateful for the support of this program by the Native Hawaiian Education Program for four summers from 2019–2022. Recordings of final group presentations from years 2–4 (Summer 2020–2022) are available only by request in email to eduintern@bishopmuseum.org.
Visit Bishop Museum’s Careers page and subscribe to Bishop Museum social media and feeds for future updates about volunteer, intern, and career opportunities. Updated: August 15, 2022.
Student Interns: Must be a high school student in the state of Hawai‘i, with at least one full year remaining before graduation.
This paid internship program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Native Hawaiian Education Program (NHEP) grant #S362A180059.
Completed applications must include:
- Online Student Application
- Cover letter
- Resume /CV/Resume
- Letter(s) of recommendation (optional but highly recommended)
- High school transcript (optional)
Materials listed above can be emailed to eduintern@bishopmuseum.org if not attached to the online application.
Congratulations to our 2022 Museum STEAM interns!
Bishop Museum welcomed nine enthusiastic student interns in June and July 2022 to the STEAM Internship Program. Over four weeks, Calista Ancog (Moanalua High School), Yunhee Chae (Kaiser High School), Jade Chan (Moanalua High School), Colbren Fujimoto (Mililani High School), Jay Gonzalez (Pearl City High School), Mia Leslie (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Hope Rosenbush (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Paulo Sarbida (Pacific Buddhist Academy), and Alexis Shulga (Roosevelt High School) demonstrated immense capacity to connect to Bishop Museum’s collections and to each other.
These four interns investigated and imaged various marine snail groups in Malacology, digitized cave arthropod collections in Entomology, and surveyed microscopic biodiversity on Bishop Museum grounds with the Pacific Center for Molecular Biodiversity. Throughout the summer, they showcased their personalities and passions while contributing to the conservation of biodiversity. To conclude their program, with the help of numerous staff and volunteer mentors, these students produced scientific presentations and creative artistic representations of their summer experiences.
Along with the Bishop Museum’s new exhibit, Taxonomy: Our Lives Depend on It, our 2022 student interns showcased Bishop Museum’s role and contribution to the STEAM in Hawaiʻi and beyond.
We wish our final cohort and all preceding participants the best in their future endeavors!
Congratulations to our 2021 Museum STEAM interns!
Summer 2021 was lively as teacher interns Kathryn Boodon (Kawānanakoa Middle School), Hope David (Maʻemaʻe Elementary School), Jameil Saez (Waiʻanae High School), Sheanae Tam (DreamHouse ʻEwa Beach), Sherry Tenn (Waipahu High School), as well as student interns Kellen Apuna (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Loyd Bacalso (Farrington High school), Talia Catrett (Castle High School), Beckett Dompe (Kaiser High School), Lance Dumalan (Kaimukī High School), Mason Hiromoto (Mililani High School), Lauren Jose (Moanalua High School), Natalie Kaku (Punahou School), Janelle Liang (Pearl City High School), Omni Miyamoto (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Claire Park (Kaiser High School), Gabriel Vargas (Mililani High School), and Pualiʻi Ann Zidek (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama) brought their exuberance to Bishop Museum. Representing Botany, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Malacology, the Pacific Center for Molecular Biodiversity, and Vertebrate Zoology, this group of interns learned to document, discuss, and conserve Hawaiʻi’s rich species biodiversity.
Congratulations to our 2020 Museum STEAM interns!
Teacher interns Bryan Silver (Kalani High School), Andrea Kubo Nakasone (Mililani Waena Elementary), Dora Chilton (Island Pacific Academy), and Tianzhen Nie (Kamaile Academy Public Charter School), as well as student interns Annie Leong (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Vivian Hui (Moanalua High School), Junle Yan (Kalani High School), Kelia Giusta (Moanalua High School), Samson David (Myron B. Thompson Academy), Takeo Swallow (Kalani High School), Kate Takenaka (Moanalua High School), and Lenore Mollison (Myron B. Thompson Academy) joined Bishop Museum with energy and passion. They worked alongside experts in the departments of Malacology, Botany, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology, Entomology, Ethnology, and Exhibits to research Hawaiian snail names, establish a baseline of insect species on Bishop Museum’s campus, identify marine invertebrates, enhance the Science Adventure Center’s Hawaiian Origins Tunnel with creatures of the Kumulipo creation chant, and more.
Student interns shared their scientific experiences through educational resources and activities showcased at the quarterly Saturday of Play public event series at Bishop Museum. Visit our Online Learning Center for activities to experience Bishop Museum at home!
Congratulations to our 2019 Museum STEAM interns!
Bishop Museum welcomed teacher interns Sandy Ramiscal (Farrington High School) and Keo Genus (Jefferson Elementary School) and student interns Annamarie Ellazar (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Dakota Kaupu (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama), Miriam Lipman (James Campbell High School), and Sachi Yamasaki (Moanalua High School) as the inaugural cohorts of the NHEP-funded Museum STEAM internship.
Throughout the summer, this diverse group of learners explored Bishop Museum’s Botany, Malacology, and Entomology collections, and practiced DNA analysis in the Pacific Center for Molecular Biology. For six weeks, they immersed themselves in Hawaiʻi’s native and introduced plants and animals. They imaged native insects, conducted snail surveys on campus and in the community, examined the bog forest plants of Mount Kaʻala, as well as learned some Hawaiian language, sharing their curiosity and enthusiasm throughout these activities and more.
Furthermore, they demonstrated their budding understanding of natural science careers and Bishop Museum research. Interns represented Bishop Museum at the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference and led tours and presentations at Bishop Museum for staff, colleagues, family, friends, and public visitors. As they grew their connections to the natural and cultural history of Hawaiʻi, we were especially privileged to see them grow connections to each other.
We are so proud of Sandy, Keo, Anna, Dakota, Miriam, and Sachi and wish them all the best!
Be a Part of Our Story
Celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific with a gift to Bishop Museum. As a partner in the Museum’s work, you can help to sustain vital collections, research, and knowledge, and inspire exploration and discovery with a tax-deductible donation.
